A terminal with context.
Connect with a standard SSH client. Inspect services, health, logs, and host metrics from a live dashboard, or use the command interface. SSH is optional; the runtime can operate without it.
Connect to Kiln ↗K I L N / Open-source server runtime
Swift,
in operation.
Independent services.
One place to operate them.
Build your backend in Swift. Run its modules as separate processes, deploy them independently, and work directly with the system through SSH.
Follow a release / interactive walkthrough
From a commit.
To a running workload.
Follow the artifact, watch the handoff, inspect the commands. Select any stage to hold the view.
Illustrative sequence, not live telemetry. Build and artifact storage are external today. Kiln's built-in source pipelines and registry are planned; deployment currently uses trusted local executables. Commands reference the documented example release cycle.
01 / A clear boundary
Change a service.
Keep the runtime.
A REST API, a WebSocket service, a background worker. Each module has its own process and release lifecycle. Health checks gate deployment; stable TCP ingress directs new connections to the new release while existing connections drain on the old one.
02 / Tools within reach
Built to be operated.
Credentials with boundaries.
Keep credentials in an encrypted server-side Vault. Grant a module only the secrets it needs. Named users, roles, and module scopes control management access.
Read about Vault ↗AI with a defined toolset.
Native Erebine and local Ollama chat can inspect the runtime and run background investigations. Changes use explicit approval proposals and Kiln's authorization rules. Provider access is configured separately.
See the tools and limits ↗Bring peers into trust.
Explicitly adopt another node with pinned keys. Use typed administrative operations and durable receipts to inspect what happened. Peer management is available today; automatic scheduling and failover are not.
Understand peer adoption ↗03 / Download the runtime
Download. Run.
SSH in.
Start with a prebuilt binary. You do not need to clone the repository or compile Kiln. Choose your platform, verify the archive, and run it with your public SSH key.
Apple Silicon · macOS 14+
macOS
Native executable. No Swift installation or source build. Developer preview; not yet Developer-ID signed or notarized.
Download for macOS ↓Download & run commands
curl -fLO https://github.com/PIndustries/kiln/releases/download/v26.10.11.2/kiln-26.10.11.2-macos-arm64.tar.gz
curl -fLO https://github.com/PIndustries/kiln/releases/download/v26.10.11.2/kiln-26.10.11.2-macos-arm64.tar.gz.sha256
shasum -a 256 -c kiln-26.10.11.2-macos-arm64.tar.gz.sha256
tar -xzf kiln-26.10.11.2-macos-arm64.tar.gz
cd kiln-26.10.11.2-macos-arm64
./bin/kiln up --state "$HOME/.kiln" \
--authorized-keys "$HOME/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub"
# Connect from another terminal:
ssh -p 2222 [email protected]
x86_64 · validated on Ubuntu 24.04
Linux
Swift runtime included. Ubuntu system libraries are still required; see the installation guide.
Download for Linux ↓Download & run commands
# Ubuntu 24.04 system libraries (no compiler):
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -y libcurl4t64 libxml2 libedit2 libatomic1 libicu74 libsqlite3-0 libzstd1 libstdc++6 libncurses6 ca-certificates
curl -fLO https://github.com/PIndustries/kiln/releases/download/v26.10.11.2/kiln-26.10.11.2-linux-x86_64.tar.gz
curl -fLO https://github.com/PIndustries/kiln/releases/download/v26.10.11.2/kiln-26.10.11.2-linux-x86_64.tar.gz.sha256
sha256sum -c kiln-26.10.11.2-linux-x86_64.tar.gz.sha256
tar -xzf kiln-26.10.11.2-linux-x86_64.tar.gz
cd kiln-26.10.11.2-linux-x86_64
./bin/kiln up --state "$HOME/.kiln" \
--authorized-keys "$HOME/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub"
# Connect from another terminal:
ssh -p 2222 [email protected]
Supply an existing public key, or create one with ssh-keygen -t ed25519.
Keep runtime state outside the package. Verify the host fingerprint when first connecting.
Building an application module is separate from installing the Kiln runtime.
Build from source ↗
Visible delivery / GitHub Actions
Follow the build.
Latest main-branch workflow results, served by GitHub. Open a pipeline to see its run, commit, jobs and logs. These badges describe development checks, not the health of your running node.
Server validation
macOS + Linux · runtime tests, SSH and recovery
View runs ↗
Release packages
Both binaries · fresh installs · upgrade and rollback
View runs ↗
Secret scanning
Source history and release-artifact credential checks
View runs ↗
macOS + Linux · runtime tests, SSH and recovery
View runs ↗
Release packages
Both binaries · fresh installs · upgrade and rollback
View runs ↗
Secret scanning
Source history and release-artifact credential checks
View runs ↗
Badges may be cached by GitHub. If a badge is unavailable, use its pipeline link. The versioned release notes record the checks for the download above.
Built by P.Industries. Open to contribution.